Battle of Oshikibata

Part of the Sengoku period

Date	1554
Location	Oshikibata, Aki Province
Result	Mōri victory

Belligerents

Forces loyal to Sue Harukata

Forces of Mōri Motonari

Commanders and leaders

Miyagawa Fusanaga

Mōri Motonari

Strength

7000

3000

Campaigns of the Mōri clan

Arita-Nakaide Koriyama Toda Oshikibata Miyajima Shiraga Gassan-Toda Moji Torisaka Tachibana Tatarahama Nunobeyama Kizugawaguchi Kōzuki Tottori Takamatsu Shikoku & Ichinomiya Kyūshū Odawara Shimoda Korea Sekigahara Osaka

The Battle of Oshikibata (折敷畑の戦い, Oshikibata no tatakai) was a preliminary round of the battle of Miyajima which was to follow. Mōri Motonari sought to avenge Sue Harukata's coup against their lord, Ōuchi Yoshitaka, and succeeded. Following the battle of Miyajima, the Mōri clan gained all the Ōuchi lands, and replaced them as one of the most powerful families in the country.

Additional Reading

Sansom, George (1961). "A History of Japan: 1334-1615." Stanford: Stanford University Press.

Reference

Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.

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